Eyeglass



(No Model.)

M. 0. BRAOKETT.

EYEGLASSES.

- No. 363,201. Patented May 17, 1887.

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MARRIOK O. BRAOKETT, OF HOLLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE STANDARD OPTICAL COMPANY, (LIMITED,) OF GENEVA, NFJV YORK.

EYEGLASS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,201, dated May 17, 1887.

Application filed November 11, 1886. Serial No. 218,549. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARnIoK G. BRAGKETT, of Holland, in the county of Hampden, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Eyeglasses, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists, first, in forming the eyeglass-frame and its handle of a continuous piece of wire, thereby permanently connecting said parts without the use of solder; secondly, in forming the eyeglass-frame and nose-guard support or guide of a continuous piece of wire, and thus simplifying the con-.

trating the connection of the noseguard andv bow to the eyeglassframe. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line 00 a", Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detached view of the catch or stud-pin by which the eyeglasses are held in their folded position. Fig. 5 is a detached isometric view of the nose-guard; and Fig. 6 is a detached isometric view of the cap or clamp, by means of which the nose-guard and bow are connected to the eyeglass-frame.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the eyeglass-frame; B, the

handle projecting from said frame; 0, the arm by which the elastic nose-guard D is guided and yieldingly supported, and I is the bow which connects the two eyeglasses.

The cyeglassframe A, with its handle B and the nose gr'iard guide O, I form of a continuous piece of wire, which may be polished while drawing it from the reel in the operation of forming the aforesaid parts. In the latter operation I bend the wire around a form corresponding to the outline of the eyeglass by taking hold of one end of the wire by a pair of pi uchers, and, wh ile holding said end against the aforesaid form, drawiugthe wire partway around the form to the point where the handle B is usually attached. This handle I form by bending the aforesaid 'wire into a laterallyp rojecti ngloop. From thence I draw the wire around the remainder of the form to a point in proximity to the place of beginning. Here I bend the wire into another laterally-project- 'ing small loop, a, into which projects the end of the wire held by the pinchers, as aforesaid. From said loop I extend the wire downward 6 and terminate it with a short bend, 22, toward the eyeglass, and free from the eyeglass-frantic, so as to render said extension elastic. This downwardlyextended end portion of the wire constitutes the guide or supportingarm O for the lower or vibrating end of the nose-guard l). The wire is clamped around the eyeglass by means of the stud-pin c, which is formed at its attaching end with prongs c c e, and se cured to the wire at the juncture of the handle B with the frame A by introducing the central prong, c, between the portions of the wire forming the loop B and clinching the other prongs, c 6, around the wire, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

Over the small loop a, I place a cap, (I, and by means ofa pin,'f, passing through the cap at the juncture of the loop a with the frame A, the wire is clamped around the eyeglass and the cap secured to the loop. The nose- 8 guard D,I form of a flat spring-metal bar, the upper end of which I insert in the cap d from the bottom through the top thereof, and bend the protruding upper end over from the eyeglass sufficiently to contiuesaid nose-guard in 0 the cap. It is clamped between the edge of the loop a and adjaccntflanges c c on the cap, together with the bow I, which latter is composed of a separate piece, and has its end inserted in the cap and between the inclosed 5 portion of the nose-guard and loop a, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The lower end of the nose-guard. D, I bend toward the eyeglass, and p rovido the same with a slot, it, into which the lower end of the arm 0 projects. The noseguard is thus. connected with the arm 0 in such a 'manner as to allow the former to yield to the pressure when sup porting the eyeglasses on the nose, the arm G serving to guide the nose-guard. :05

To the face of the nose-guard I apply a cork strip, 8, for the protection of the nose of the person wearing the glasses: This cork strip I secure in position on the nose-guard by providing the upper and lower ends of the latter with perforations u u, and winding around the cork strip and nose-guard a thin pliable wire, and passing the ends thereof through the per forations a a and tying them on the noseguard. I draw the wire tightly across the cork, so as to partly embed the wire therein, and thus obviate the danger of injuring the nose of the wearer.

Having described my invenliomwhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. The combination ofan eyeglass-frame and its hahdle, composed of a continuous piece of wire encircling the lens and bent into a loop intermediate its length and a clamp embracing the wire at the junction of the aforesaid loop with the frame, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of an eyeglass-frame and its handle, composed of a continuous piece of wire encircling the lens and bent into a loop intermediate its length, and a stud-pin having at its attaching end prongs clinched around the wire at the junction of the aforesaid loop with the frame, substantially as described and shown.

3. The eyeglassframe and nose-guard guide, composed of a continuous piece of wire, as set v forth.

4. The eyeglass-frameandnose-guard guide, composed of a continuous pieceof wire encircling the lens, and having oneof its extremi ties extending past the other extremity, and adapted to support the nose-guard,as set forth.

5. The eyeglass-frame and nose-guard guide,

composed of a continuous piece of wire encircling the lens, and having one of its extremities extending past the other extremity and terminated with an elastic arm standing clear from the frame, substantially as described and shown.

6.. The eyeglass-frame, its handle, and noseguard guide, composed of a continuous piece of wire encircling the lens and bent intermediate its length into alateral projection toscrve as. a handle, and having one extremi tyextending past the other extremity and terminating with an elastic arm standing clear from the frame, substantially as set forth and shown.

'1. The combination of the eyeglass-frame and nose-guard guide, composed of a continuous piece of wire encircling the lens and bent into alaterally-projecting loop, one end of the said wire terminating at the loop and the other extremity of the wire extending from the loop and terminating with an elastic arm standing clear from theframe, and a clamp embracing said loop, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination of the eyeglass-frame and nose-guard guide,composed of a. continuous piece 0f wire encircling the lens and bent into a laterally-projectingloop, one end of the said wire terminating in said loop and the other extremity extending from the loop and terminating with an elastic arm, a clamp embracing said loop, and the nose-guard secured at one end to the said clamp, and having its free end connected withthe free end of the aforesaid elastic arm of the wire, substantially as described and shown.

9. The combination of the eyeglass frame and nose-guard guide, composed of a continuous piece of wire encircling the lens and bent into a laterally-projecting loop, one end of said wire terminating in-said loop and the other end extending from the loop and terminating with an elastic arm standing clear from the frame, a clamp embracing saidloop, the nose-guard secured at one end in the clamp,and having its free end connected with the free end of the aforesaid elastic arm of the wire, and the bow consisting of a separate piece secured at its end intheaforcsaid clamp, substantially as described and shown.

10. The combination of the eyeglass-frame and nose-guard guide, composed of a continuous piece of wire encircling the lens and bent into a laterally-projecting loop, the end of said wire terminating in the loopand the other end extending'downward from theloops, a cap inclosing theloop, a pin passingthrough the cap at the side of'the neck of the loop, the nose-guard having its upper end inserted in the cap and its lower end connected with the downward extension of the aforesaid wire, and the bow composcdof a separate piece, having its end inserted betweenthe upper end of the nose-guard and the loop with the inelosingcap, substantially as described and shown.

11. The nose-guard composed of a flat me tallic bar anda cork strip secured to the face' of said bar by a wire wound around the bar and cork strip, substantially as set forth.

12. The nose-guard composed of a flat metallic bar provided with perforations and a cork strip secured to the face of said bar by a wire wound around the bar and cork strip,and passing through the perforations of the bar and fastened thereto, substantially as described and shown.

13. The combination, with an eyeglass, of

its upper end to the eyeglass, and having its lower end bent toward the eyeglass and provided with a slot for the reception of the lower end of the arm 0, substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof Ihave-hereuntosigned my nameand affixed my seal, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Brimfield, inthe 

